Why do migraineurs frequently switch, discontinue, or delay taking effective prescription therapies such as triptans? Headache (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Approximately £2bn of healthcare money is wasted on adults of working age seeing their GP for a minor ailment. Almost a fifth of GP appointments are spent seeing patients for back pain, indigestion and other common complaints including coughs, colds and headaches. This is time taken away from patients who are in most need, such as people with diabetes. Self Care Campaign A group of leading doctors, nurses and other professionals involved in primary care warn of the "catastrophic impact" of the public's dependency on the NHS... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Approximately £2bn of healthcare money is wasted on adults of working age seeing their GP for a minor ailment. Almost a fifth of GP appointments are spent seeing patients for back pain, indigestion and other common complaints including coughs, colds and headaches. This is time taken away from patients who are in most need, such as people with diabetes... (Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today)

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Conclusions: According to epidemiological studies, the prevalence of depersonalization-derealization disorder is 1-2 %. We therefore conclude that F48.1 is severely underdiagnosed. Increased awareness for the detection of F48.1 and further health care research are urgently warranted. PMID: 20229493 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie)

Conclusions. Overall, antidepressants were no more effective on headache intensity or frequency and analgesic use than placebo. Propranolol seemed to have negative effects on depression in TTH patients when compared with placebo or biofeedback. No evidence was found for the use of muscle relaxants alone or 5-HT receptor agonist. (Source: Family Practice)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

by Michael Agus, MD, director of Children’s Medicine Critical Care Program. Agus is currently in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he’s treating patients and sending us updates by email. Day 10 I wasn’t supposed to work the day today because I now have to start working nights since there is a few days’ gap in the night pediatric physician coverage. But after a good night’s sleep, and with two intubated patients in the pediatric tents with no other intensivist on site, I felt like I should go for morning rounds, set a plan for the day and then sleep on the hospital grounds to rest up for the night. At first glance, the tents seemed quiet. I, as well as the residents and nurses, wandered in and out over the next few hours and both ventilated patients were stable. I had hoped...

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Data from the Phase III trial of Zelrix, a transdermal patch under development by NuPathe Inc. for management of acute migraine, showed the patch met the primary efficacy endpoint. (Source: Drug Topics - Clinical News)

The objectives and inclusion criteria of the review were clear. Relevant sources were searched without restriction by language or publication status. Steps were taken to minimise bias and error by having more than one reviewer independently conduct study selection, validity assessment and data extraction. Appropriate statistical methods were used to combine studies and to assess for heterogeneity and publication bias. Potential biases and sources of confounding were well addressed in the text. Although the trials were small, they were of acceptable ... (Source: NeLM - Drug Specific Reviews)

Data from the Phase III trial of Zelrix, a transdermal patch under development by NuPathe Inc. for management of acute migraine, showed the patch met the primary efficacy endpoint. (Source: Drug Topics - Clinical News)

In this study, we show that the effects of prenatal meth exposure, or the combination of meth and alcohol exposure, may actually be worse, and our findings stress the importance of seeking drug-abuse treatment for pregnant women."   In particular, said Sowell, a structure in the brain called the caudate nucleus, which is important for learning and memory, motor control, and punishment and reward, was one of the regions that was more reduced by methamphetamine than alcohol exposure.   Of the more than 16 million Americans over the age of 12 who have used methamphetamine, about 19,000 have been pregnant women, according to 2002–04 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.   "About half of women who say they used meth during pregnancy also used alcohol," ...MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Alan Woolf, MD, MPH was part of a team that conducted experiments to find out if the vessels the Shang Dynasty drank from contributed to their early demise due to a combination of liquid and the materials the vessels were made from. A documentary airing on the National Geographic channel tonight – Treasure Tomb of the Warrior Queen – explores just that. Woolf took the time to answer this question for Thrive: Did lead poisoning pose a potential health risk to the nobility in the ancient Chinese Shang Dynasty? Lead-contaminated cookware, dishes and pottery have been known sources of human poisoning from antiquity to the present. Lead has been found in the skeletal remains of ancient Romans. Roman dishes, beverage containers, cooking cauldrons and the like were all heavily contam...

The prohibitive cost of migraine medication is causing sufferers to think twice before reaching for their pain relief, writesFIONA REDDAN (Source: The Irish Times - Health)

Data from the Phase III trial of Zelrix, a transdermal patch under development by NuPathe Inc. for management of acute migraine, showed the patch met the primary efficacy endpoint. (Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News)

A handheld device that delivers pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation provides sustained pain relief for acute migraines with aura, according to a study published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology. (Source: Modern Medicine)

Data from the Phase III trial of Zelrix, a transdermal patch under development by NuPathe Inc. for management of acute migraine, showed the patch met the primary efficacy endpoint. (Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News)

Source: Lancet Neurology Area: News In this review in Lancet Neurology on medication-overuse headache (MOH), defined as a headache induced by the overuse of analgesics, triptans, or other acute headache compounds, the following topics are addressed:   . Epidemiological and socioeconomic aspects . Clinical picture: classification criteria, syndromatic features, co-morbidities, types of medications overused, complications . Pathophysiology . Withdrawal treatment: withdrawal procedure, treatment of withdrawal headache, prognosis after withdrawal therapy . MOH in children and adolescents (Source: NeLM - News)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Source: Lancet Neurology Area: News There is a growing body of data that implicates abnormal expression and function of voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) in common neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, migraine, neurodegenerative diseases, and neuropathic pain. In this review in Lancet Neurology, the authors summarise the emerging evidence for a central role of VGSCs in the pathophysiology of these disorders and examine the efficacy of antiepileptic VGSC blockers in their treatment. Future developments that might extend the therapeutic use of compounds that target VGSCs are also discussed. (Source: NeLM - News)

A handheld device that delivers pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation provides sustained pain relief for acute migraines with aura, according to a study published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology. (Source: Modern Medicine)